Argomuellera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Pycnocomeae
Subtribus: Pycnocominae
Genus: Argomuellera
Species: A. basicordata – A. bilocularis – A. calcicola – A. danguyana – A. gigantea – A. gillespieae – A. integra – A. lancifolia – A. longistipula – A. macrophylla – A. oblanceolata – A. perrieri – A. pierlotiana – A. pumila – A. sessilifolia – A. stenophylla – A. trewioides
Name

Argomuellera Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 90. (1894)

Type species: Argomuellera macrophylla Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 90. (1894)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Wetriaria (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 592. (1903)
Neopycnocoma Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 222. (1909)

References

Pax, F.A. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Argomuellera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Argomuellera. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Argomuellera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2021.

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[3][4] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.[1][5]

Species[1]

Argomuellera basicordata Peter ex Radcl.-Sm. - Lushoto
Argomuellera calcicola (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
Argomuellera danguyana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
Argomuellera decaryana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
Argomuellera gigantea (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nosy Be Island
Argomuellera lancifolia (Pax) Pax - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Argomuellera macrophylla Pax - tropical Africa
Argomuellera perrieri (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
Argomuellera pierlotiana J.Léonard - Zaïre
Argomuellera pumila McPherson - Madagascar
Argomuellera sessilifolia Prain - Congo
Argomuellera trewioides (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Comoros

Formerly included

moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma

Argomuellera reticulata - Pycnocoma reticulata
Argomuellera rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia

Notes

This genus name is one anagram from Trewia, another genus of Euphorbiaceae.[2]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A7. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.